Anyone want to offer some critique?

Just wondered if anyone wants to help out a high school senior preparing for college auditions by throwing in some comments/criticism of some charts I recently posted. I'm ideally going to major in jazz studies or performance w/ an emphasis on jazz. Feel free to be as harsh as you like, I'm resiliant
The songs are at http://www.myspace.com/jessemcbee

Just wondered if anyone wants to help out a high school senior preparing for college auditions by throwing in some comments/criticism of some charts I recently posted. I'm ideally going to major in jazz studies or performance w/ an emphasis on jazz. Feel free to be as harsh as you like, I'm resiliant
The songs are at http://www.myspace.com/jessemcbee

more of us should really do this. I enjoyed listening to the songs you posted. Ceora in particular is quite a challenge. You obviously have a good technical command of your instrument which is necessary to translate your ideas into practice. Also a good solid well controlled sound (is it a flugel you are playing?). I liked the solos and they sound like work in progress - with expert instruction and high intensity exposure to other styles and approaches, you will not be the same as when you entered college. You are probably ready to go to the next level - whilst you understand basic chord and harmony theory the solos lack some colour which is imparted by the use of scales allowing you to access upper chord extensions and some good licks which can be used as a base building block. i would suggest the following:

1. REALLY listen to what some of the soloists on the originals of the tunes you recorded are doing - transcribe the solos (good practice in itself) and try to figure out what they are doing. listen to the patterns and riffs they use and adapt.

2. brush up on jazz harmony and scales - i recommend 2 sources i've found very useful: "How to play bebop" by david Baker, and the jazz theory book by mark levine

Wow, nice sounding stuff. You have a great tone and sounds like your already starting to put together some cool ideas that actually fit in the changes. I can tell you from experience that many players twice your age aren't there yet.
Try to keep your time constant, I noticed a couple times in Ceora where it sounded like your getting ahead of yourself. That's usually just because your trying to keep your fingers in time with your head and something gets outta wack, just concentrate. Otherwise Ceora sounded really good. I dig that "church organ" comping that your keyboard guy/girl is doing, it sounds good, kinda like some old Ella stuff I like. Some people love it some don't .
Anyway, just remember, more isn't always more, use silence too sometimes
-J

Just wanted to thank everyone for their input- I'm picking up on a lot of things I didn't notice before (and the somewhat pessimistic nature of my initial post, as Mr. Wise pointed out, which was a good point indeed ). It's amazing how much time we can spend woodshedding "major" things only to be completely oblivious to other deficiencies. anyways, just wanted to thank everyone as I'm getting a lot out of your comments...so, Thanks!

Actually, I think Wilmer was complimenting you on "checking your ego at the door" by inviting honest opinions. Nothing pessimistic about that - it shows you are ready to listen and grow, which is a MAJOR step in the right direction.